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Morning Sickness

Hey kiddo, I think I'm about 7-8 weeks pregnant. We've been lucky so far. I'm unusually grumpy and annoyed but so far no morning sickness. Take your time doing this, parenthood definitely isn't for the faint of heart. I've told my closest friends about you and we've mostly stopped calling you it. Sorry about that. On some level it sounds better than some of the weird nicknames that your dad and I have come up with. I'm so tired, all the time. You aren't here yet and everyone says you never sleep again after the baby is born. I'm just glad that I haven't gotten the typical throw up in the toilet sick. I can smell everything too intensely. Even ice cream. You seem to hate the smell of ice cream. I love it, usually. I think I've done well because I eat plain, healthy, and exercise a lot. I just can't get over how big I already feel. I constantly feel like I'm carrying around a bowling ball. It's weird because a little extra

Blob

Dear blob, Hello! I actually just recently found out about you. On September 6th, I'm not entirely sure why, I took a test that told me I was pregnant. I wrote off a lot of symptoms for various reasons, but I found out. Freaked out a little and snuck the test out of the house. Despite knowing that your dad would probably be insanely happy. I paced around outside with our dog on the phone with a friend on the line. I've basically thought about writing this to you ever since. I woke up one night thinking about what it would say. I bet you will have a ton of questions plus I wanted to track my journey. I'm not sure if I ever thought I would be pregnant. I want you, I've always wanted you. I just am not a big fan of the idea of pregnancy. So here we are. On the 7th, I woke up at four in the morning. I've been waking up early a lot lately. Maybe in the future I'll be a morning person, but historically I have not been. I'm not a fan of mornings. Anyway, I d